Durable Calzaghe yearns for one defining victory

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GREATNESS is an overused word in boxing. Joe Calzaghe was not born great, he has not achieved greatness during a seven-year reign as world champion and no one is about to thrust that mantle upon him. However, he is on the verge of carving his own niche in the sport’s history by becoming Britain’s most durable champion.

Victory for the Welshman against Kabary Salem at the Royal Highland Showground, Edinburgh, tomorrow would mean a fifteenth successful defence of his WBO super-middleweight title, nudging him one ahead of Lennox Lewis, Naseem Hamed and Chris Eubank, the man he won the title